Juliana speaks out about shocking split from Grant Ellis after The Bachelor for the first time
'I felt very oddly embarrassed'
Juliana has spoken out about her split from Grant Ellis for the first time, after she accepted his proposal during The Bachelor.
Following weeks of speculation, the pair confirmed they’d decided to part ways, and now Juliana has broken her silence about the incident during an appearance on the Trading Secrets podcast.
She explained: “It’s so odd because I think I was having so much angst about the break up being announced because I felt oddly embarrassed on the sense that on my family’s end, we take marriage very seriously and — just before even filming — I had this goal like, ‘I just want to make my family proud of who I am when they watch it back.’ So that was really hard for me.”
She continued: “Of course, they didn’t judge me and they didn’t find it embarrassing, but that was what I struggled with the most. I really didn’t care what anybody else thought. I was just like, ‘I really hope my family’s not upset with me.’”
Juliana admitted that whilst watching her season of The Bachelor back, she’d often become frustrated with Grant.
She recalled: “There were times in conversations that I watched when he would say certain things, I would get more upset with him because I’m like, ‘Do you understand the weight of what you just said to that person?’
“More as an accountability than being flustered because I knew that he was going to be doing that when I was filming and I can’t be upset with something that I agreed to do. So I reminded myself of that a lot.”
She elaborated that the split was mutual, saying: “After the initial conversation — we had a lot of conversations, it made sense for the both of us.”
She also revealed where the two stand today, saying they’re on good terms, adding: “I want to see him succeed and I will always support him. I think he’s a really great, genuine guy and I can tell he’s supporting me from afar.”
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